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look at florida and a number of states where he registered college voters. >> i still say as close as this was, if you had a republican base that was enthused about their candidate, romney could have won tonight. even with obama starting out with something like 240 electoral votes. >> i disagree with that. as a democrat i'm happy about that. as a republican i'm not happy about that. we have huge issues in this country, right next week, the congress is going to talk about the so-called fiscal clip. we need to work together. the republicans just have no revenues at all. even obama says how be over $1 million a year. >> none of this changes the politics. the country is moving drastically. you see what's going on. the tragedies in europe. now we want to have the same thing in the united states. it's terrible. >> just look at the stock market. it's doubled in the last four years. the economy is getting better. i think it's going to improve if we had some cooperation from the other side, we could improve even more. >> i find it fascinating. i brought it up at george mason university. the pr
look at florida and a number of states where he registered college voters. >> i still say as close as this was, if you had a republican base that was enthused about their candidate, romney could have won tonight. even with obama starting out with something like 240 electoral votes. >> i disagree with that. as a democrat i'm happy about that. as a republican i'm not happy about that. we have huge issues in this country, right next week, the congress is going to talk about the...
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still outstanding is florida's 29 electoral votes. the vote count there just still too close to call but that will not impact the end result here. >> the other major story, historic ballot questions in maryland approved. we'll have much more on those results in just a few minutes. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. a very busy night indeed. >> i hope everybody got a little bit of sleep. it is official. president barack obama wins another term as our nation's president. >> obama far exceeding the 270 electoral votes needed to win but the popular vote was a much closer race as we'll take a look at some of the numbers right now. melanie alnwick is live in the newsroom with the latest on this story. >> reporter: good morning. despite a still weak economy and one of the most expensive campaigned in history, president obama managed to prevail in the hard-fought spring states sending him back to the oval office for four more years. jubilant supporters of the white house rushed to the whit
still outstanding is florida's 29 electoral votes. the vote count there just still too close to call but that will not impact the end result here. >> the other major story, historic ballot questions in maryland approved. we'll have much more on those results in just a few minutes. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. a very busy night indeed. >> i hope everybody got a little bit of sleep. it is official. president...
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it would have allowed florida not to be mandated to buy health insurance. as you can see there, they voted no. even if they voted yes it doesn't matter because the supreme court already ruled that obama care is constitutional, so the law would have had no teeth. amendment 6 would have prohibited tax dollars to be used to fund abortion. currently florida does not use tax dollars to fund abortion, y here is it would have also excluded abortion from ery ida's privacy laws v strict privacy laws and the opponents said it was nothing more than an end game trying to get around making sure that minors do not get abortions without parental consent but the big news, colorado becomes the first state in the union to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. >> trace gallagher in los angeles tonight. thanks very much. i don't know. i mean, we've been hearing about this forever. so many people have said you can tax it, you can recollgulate it control it, all of a sudden, legal in colorado to use. that's weird. >> there is a big difference between team who support it
it would have allowed florida not to be mandated to buy health insurance. as you can see there, they voted no. even if they voted yes it doesn't matter because the supreme court already ruled that obama care is constitutional, so the law would have had no teeth. amendment 6 would have prohibited tax dollars to be used to fund abortion. currently florida does not use tax dollars to fund abortion, y here is it would have also excluded abortion from ery ida's privacy laws v strict privacy laws and...
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the race neck-in-neck in florida, where the 29 electoral votes could end up deciding this thing. president obama sat down for an interview with craig patrick from our sister station wtvt in tampa. >> reporter: the president was very reflective. he was focused on his record. couple, this is the last day he will spend as a candidate and he suggested some of his negative campaign ads were out of bounds. we asked him for specifics, which ads he produced across the line. he would not give specifics but this is a heated, charged race because there was so much at stake. we also asked him to size up the integrity of the opponents and look at what the president said. they're looking for honesty and candor, putting visions and differences with the issues aside. do you consider mitt romney to be a man of integrity and if so, when is the last time you saw him show it? >> i will say governor romney is a very talented individual. obviously, he's been very successful in his life, and i think his commitment to his family and his community and his church are powerful. but, what i can say is that
the race neck-in-neck in florida, where the 29 electoral votes could end up deciding this thing. president obama sat down for an interview with craig patrick from our sister station wtvt in tampa. >> reporter: the president was very reflective. he was focused on his record. couple, this is the last day he will spend as a candidate and he suggested some of his negative campaign ads were out of bounds. we asked him for specifics, which ads he produced across the line. he would not give...
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still outstanding are florida's 29 electoral votes. the vote count there, still too close to call. but that outcome will not have an impact on the end result here. we'll get to all of our election results in just a minute but first, we're also keeping an eye on some possible nasty weather coming our way. >> tucker has been talking about it, telling us about some cold wind. >> rain, snow. >> maybe a little winter weather. just a little bit of it. >> it is almost wintertime. >> it is only early november. we don't traditionally have snow events in early november. those of you that might remember back to 1987, we had a veteran's day storm. >> i heard sue palka talking about that. >> it dropped about a foot of snow. but it won't be like that for today. this is all about the nor'easter. it is starting to press toward the area and bringing cloud cover in overnight and will bring us some rain showers later this morning and then this afternoon as some of the real cold air in the upper atmosphere kind of gets pushed down to the ground. we could see that rain, height rain transition over to a
still outstanding are florida's 29 electoral votes. the vote count there, still too close to call. but that outcome will not have an impact on the end result here. we'll get to all of our election results in just a minute but first, we're also keeping an eye on some possible nasty weather coming our way. >> tucker has been talking about it, telling us about some cold wind. >> rain, snow. >> maybe a little winter weather. just a little bit of it. >> it is almost...
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still could grow or shrink because florida's votes haven't been counted. that race is still too close to call. president obama protected the midwest winning in pennsylvania, virginia, ohio, wisconsin and new hampshire. joining us now is phillip, former director and current political consultant. good to see you again. along with democratic strategist at the center for national policy. good morning to you. good to see you. let's just address the best today. >> i had this one and the black one laid out. >> okay. i see you are not wearing a black vest. >> i have the republican uniform on. >> let's talk about how this ended. i didn't really hear a lot saying this would be the results on this day. let me ask you, i heard they might split the electoral and the popular vote. the gap wasn't what it used to be. in the end, what happened for the president and why? >> i think what you see and i've been in politics for 20 years and nobody really knows until the american people go and cast their ballot. there are models that are created to what we think happened. the el
still could grow or shrink because florida's votes haven't been counted. that race is still too close to call. president obama protected the midwest winning in pennsylvania, virginia, ohio, wisconsin and new hampshire. joining us now is phillip, former director and current political consultant. good to see you again. along with democratic strategist at the center for national policy. good morning to you. good to see you. let's just address the best today. >> i had this one and the black...
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., the polls close in two battleground states, florida and new hampshire. democratic leaning areas of florida tend to be the last to report. don't jump to early conclusions. pennsylvania will closes at 8:00 is where romney hopes he can pull off an upset. at 9:00 p.m., polls close in 14 other states. colorado and wisconsin. then at 10:00, the last of the swing states close. iowa and nevada. that's a little indication of how the evening could play out. so you might want to put a pot of coffee on for sure. could be staying up until tomorrow night. we may not go to sleep. >> you are very possibly right. thank you. appreciate it. >> we should say the broadcast does begin a little earlier tomorrow morning. >> 4:00 a.m. >> can't wait. >> in case you have to go to sleep. >> who knows? after 2,000, anything goes. there's a live shot. clear skies across the area but it is cold this morning. temperatures falling back into the 20s for most of the region and here in town, low to mid 30s. 34 at regan national. going to be a cool afternoon. even with the bright sunshine y
., the polls close in two battleground states, florida and new hampshire. democratic leaning areas of florida tend to be the last to report. don't jump to early conclusions. pennsylvania will closes at 8:00 is where romney hopes he can pull off an upset. at 9:00 p.m., polls close in 14 other states. colorado and wisconsin. then at 10:00, the last of the swing states close. iowa and nevada. that's a little indication of how the evening could play out. so you might want to put a pot of coffee on...
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florida was a racethat we still can't call at this hour. it shows that state in away how divide the country is as well. if at the end of the day, although there may be a million votes, we are a country divide at the end of this >> what does that say, joe, when you look at the electoral vote and you look at the popular vote and they're in the same percentage, 37 to 37% for both. what is that going to do for our country >> it's going to produce a result and a congratulations to obama. either of these men weregoing to inherit a congress that would be controlled in one house by one party and another by another party. we'll talk aboutthe senate races, #12k3 the likelihood that obama care rebeel. the likelihood that the president will get the tax measures pushed through is also unlikely. the realty is, eitherperson that won, in this case, president obama, is going to make some acome sdpags the people in the senate are going to have to make changes as well. >> nourngs after that first presidential debate we saw a big boost for governor romney. why
florida was a racethat we still can't call at this hour. it shows that state in away how divide the country is as well. if at the end of the day, although there may be a million votes, we are a country divide at the end of this >> what does that say, joe, when you look at the electoral vote and you look at the popular vote and they're in the same percentage, 37 to 37% for both. what is that going to do for our country >> it's going to produce a result and a congratulations to obama....
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there are long lines in florida and ohio. this is miami today, florida and president obama is spending his election day in his hometown of chicago. mitt romney has a few campaign stops before he heads to spend the night in boston. >> the other big story that we are following is the record breaking weather. >> the dow jones is up by 70 points. rob black is now joining us. >> this is something that we started to look at on wall street yesterday. the only thing that we can do is europe. greek and boats are on top and germany is in a recession. this seems to be the only negative thing hanging over. >> we had home sells up by 5% from september 2011 to september 2012. >> when you read the story is all about foreclosures and foreclosures pushed prices so low. house and will be the biggest story for next year and you and i will say that our house has gone up in value. the economy will look better net share in stabilization is helping the housing market turned the corner. when the housing market turns the corner then we take out loans
there are long lines in florida and ohio. this is miami today, florida and president obama is spending his election day in his hometown of chicago. mitt romney has a few campaign stops before he heads to spend the night in boston. >> the other big story that we are following is the record breaking weather. >> the dow jones is up by 70 points. rob black is now joining us. >> this is something that we started to look at on wall street yesterday. the only thing that we can do is...
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don't have presidential election results in florida, in nevada. chuck, what can yout still outstand sng. >> >>. >> we don't have any vote fro as soon as we do get some it us to go that for the president, and huge lead out of clarke county, which is something that we expected. out of virginia look i'vehing that's availabley" what remains is scraps of precincts. but with what remains, it's hard to imagine how mitt romney makes up. still vote lef another area where the president did well. so it's hard t how the president's lead he loses that lead there. it's going to then finally florida, the bad news is miami-dade's apparently not going to count all their vote tonight. they have already announced that. so we're not going to have a full count from them. i don' make up wha it looks like that i have to find somewhere. you throw all three of the@) states and electoral votes. the only states the only state they lost was the state of north carolina. >> wow. >> they set that ground map, and death.w there's plentyd about the messaging, but it worked. they p
don't have presidential election results in florida, in nevada. chuck, what can yout still outstand sng. >> >>. >> we don't have any vote fro as soon as we do get some it us to go that for the president, and huge lead out of clarke county, which is something that we expected. out of virginia look i'vehing that's availabley" what remains is scraps of precincts. but with what remains, it's hard to imagine how mitt romney makes up. still vote lef another area where the...
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florida. but thanks to foreign buyers coming back in, the housing market has stablized faster than in the rest of florida, and prices are actually on the rise again. that has helped bring up the unemployment rate, while still in south florida above the national average, it has been dropping faster than other places in florida. the interstate 4 corridor which runs route through the center of florida through orlando is really key for the election both for turnout of new immigrants for the democrats as well as democrats switching over and voting for the republican ticket for governor romney. >> susan: speaking of immigrants, we've been talking a lot about economic issues, the unemployment rate, housing. how important was immigration for the florida voters? >> extremely important. the only conversation both had on immigration was based here in south florida on spanish tv. you've got a second and third generation families of immigrant here in south florida, newer immigrants are in central florida.
florida. but thanks to foreign buyers coming back in, the housing market has stablized faster than in the rest of florida, and prices are actually on the rise again. that has helped bring up the unemployment rate, while still in south florida above the national average, it has been dropping faster than other places in florida. the interstate 4 corridor which runs route through the center of florida through orlando is really key for the election both for turnout of new immigrants for the...
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i am katy johnson reporting from palm beach county florida where the lines could be very long throughout the day at precincts like the one you see behind me as they have been for the past week during early voting. now election supervisors throughout the five county regions are hoping for few if any problems today. the polls close here at 7 p.m. eastern time. >> i am laura hairis in largo inpinallas county and there's been an amazing early voter turn out 20,000 people voted early last week. 177,000 people voted by mail and i can tell you we are expecting long lines still out here. still very early but 7:00 the polls open. that i voted sticker is what everybody is look for. we are expecting long lines but we will continue to keep in touch with the supervisor of elections office and keep you up-to-date as we watch carefully the polls today in florida. >> here in colorado the polls open at 7 a.m. so far 1.7 million people aretaken part in early voting and the secretary of state believes that's 25% to vote today on election day. now republicans outweighed democrats in the early voting four ye
i am katy johnson reporting from palm beach county florida where the lines could be very long throughout the day at precincts like the one you see behind me as they have been for the past week during early voting. now election supervisors throughout the five county regions are hoping for few if any problems today. the polls close here at 7 p.m. eastern time. >> i am laura hairis in largo inpinallas county and there's been an amazing early voter turn out 20,000 people voted early last...
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the florida democratic party has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the florida secretary of state and three county election supervisors. they want an order saying it's okay to allow absentee voting to continue today because the lines in south florida were so incredibly long yesterday, which was supposed to be the last day of early voting. but here's the thing. democratic sources tell us that several counties, we don't know how many, including palm beach, hillsborough, orange, leon along with miami-dade and broward, already saying they're allowing absentee voting right now. so it looks like they're basically trying to get the court to go along with them in what looks like a work-around. the problem is the state legislature also revealed a number of early voting days and the secretary of state has already refused to extend them. so it could be a fight. >> oh, my goodness, this is two days before election day so it's already getting kind of hairy. thank you so much, joe johns. >>> we're expecting mitt romney to speak in cleveland any minute now. i'll bring that to
the florida democratic party has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the florida secretary of state and three county election supervisors. they want an order saying it's okay to allow absentee voting to continue today because the lines in south florida were so incredibly long yesterday, which was supposed to be the last day of early voting. but here's the thing. democratic sources tell us that several counties, we don't know how many, including palm beach, hillsborough,...
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if president obama wins florida, it moves the -- >> i could see florida being -- >> what i heard democrats talk about if they can hold ohio, hold wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, hold nevada, they could lose all other swing states, lose the congressional district in maine and come out with exactly 270 electoral votes. gwen: you add it up that way, john? >> that sounds very powerful. what i am struck by is there hasn't been any mystery about this. if you go further than a year ago, president obama's team was very straightforward. they expected it was going to be mitt romney. they were going to make him very unacceptable. the wealthy and out of touch background. they did that. they had a micro targeted micromessage strategy. they said what they were going to do. and stuck to that strategy seems to be with remarkable discipline. if it works, they look really, really smart. the difference between being really smart and really dumb -- [laughter] >> what's remarkable is that they broadcast that, right? >> and the romney campaign never -- or his allies never came up to say, boy, if they're goin
if president obama wins florida, it moves the -- >> i could see florida being -- >> what i heard democrats talk about if they can hold ohio, hold wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, hold nevada, they could lose all other swing states, lose the congressional district in maine and come out with exactly 270 electoral votes. gwen: you add it up that way, john? >> that sounds very powerful. what i am struck by is there hasn't been any mystery about this. if you go further than a...
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that is why i am asking florida. if you're willing to work with me, make some phone calls for me, turn out for me, we're going to win florida. we will win this election. we will reaffirm the bond that holds this country together. we will reaffirm the spirit that makes the united states of america off the greatest nation on earth. god bless, you. that was the united states of america. -- god bless the united states of america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> mitt romney and his wife stopped by morrisville, pennsylvania. this is about a half hour. ♪ ♪ that was not done for the tv. >> ladies and gentlemen. give a warm greeting to the next president of the united states, mitt romney, and the next first lady of the united states, anne romney. >> what a philadelphia welcome. what a welcome. want to introduce the next first lady of the united states, anne romney. guest>> this has to be the thril of a lifetime. thank you so much. this campaign is drawing to a close a wonderful welcome t
that is why i am asking florida. if you're willing to work with me, make some phone calls for me, turn out for me, we're going to win florida. we will win this election. we will reaffirm the bond that holds this country together. we will reaffirm the spirit that makes the united states of america off the greatest nation on earth. god bless, you. that was the united states of america. -- god bless the united states of america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪...
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according to the associated press, only the state of florida remains too close to call. the president has at least 303 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win the white house. thousands of supporters cheered as the president, first lady, and their daughters emerged at their victory party. in his victory speech president obama spoke about working with both sides of the aisle. >> in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties. to meet the challenges we can only solve together. >> the president and his family spent the night in chicago and will return to the white house this afternoon. during his second term, president obama again will be working with a republican controlled house and a democratic controlled senate. we're beginning to have more on the balance of power coming up in 15 minutes. >> hundreds of president obama local supporters got together in san francisco to watch returns come in. this was the democratic watch party at the former tower records store in the castro district. the crowds cheered as stat
according to the associated press, only the state of florida remains too close to call. the president has at least 303 electoral votes. 270 are needed to win the white house. thousands of supporters cheered as the president, first lady, and their daughters emerged at their victory party. in his victory speech president obama spoke about working with both sides of the aisle. >> in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties. to...
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they were no longer going to poll in florida and virginia because the president couldn't win there. what data do you have to say that's true? a week later they had it died. >> what makes polls mosting a -- most accurate? >> can i have another question? >> where do you draw the line with data driven campaign? are there some privacy issues and things you won't do? >> absolutely. we had a team inside of our campaign that tested constantly, you know, our privacy policy. the president believes deeply in this. >> the new york type thymes -- "new york times" reported on the front page that you would get a cookie and would tell you if i went to a porn site. >> that's not true. >> it was on the front page of the "new york times." >> it also would measure if i went to an evangelical sight? what about my surfing, would you use? >> that's not true. there was commercial stuff that everyone campaign purchases. the truth is the more we learned about data, the more we learned how important the connection was. the door knocking, having a real conversation with people on the door. this really mattere
they were no longer going to poll in florida and virginia because the president couldn't win there. what data do you have to say that's true? a week later they had it died. >> what makes polls mosting a -- most accurate? >> can i have another question? >> where do you draw the line with data driven campaign? are there some privacy issues and things you won't do? >> absolutely. we had a team inside of our campaign that tested constantly, you know, our privacy policy. the...
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it is our last visit to florida to see how things are going with the counting. micah, how is the counting? >>> coming up, should liberals be boiled and eaten in a stew? but first, are we still doing this story? i am not sure. so just show chris matthews apologizing, that will be fine. >>> did sandy come in hand see? they suggested stupidly that the super storm helped president obama win re-election. here is the msnbc host on tuesday night. >> i am so glad we had that storm last week. i think the storm was one of those things. politically i should say in terms of hurting people. the storm brought in possibilities for good politics. >> reporter: i like it when somebody interrupts him, oh i mean politicalliment. >> after an avalanche of criticism they said, quote, it is a terrible thing to say. he was depply in mess and he was president thinking of the horrible mess. >> and you with all of your horrific damage you became ironically -- that gets him out of it, ironically out of a party and the climate changing power. my god he is an [bleep]. he realized as he was sa
it is our last visit to florida to see how things are going with the counting. micah, how is the counting? >>> coming up, should liberals be boiled and eaten in a stew? but first, are we still doing this story? i am not sure. so just show chris matthews apologizing, that will be fine. >>> did sandy come in hand see? they suggested stupidly that the super storm helped president obama win re-election. here is the msnbc host on tuesday night. >> i am so glad we had that...
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district 18 in florida. this is also a race where there is no characterization. 50/50 west in florida district oprphy. look how fight that is. not just 50/50 but in terms of that raw vote. we're going to keep an eye on the house races, some of the ballot races and senate races atfold. keep in mind for the o representatives, projected early tonight that the house overall would continue to eans everything in the house in terms of power in the house. the speaker of the house will continue to be the republican john boehner.q?obviously the main stonues to be the presidential election. nbc news projects that president obamelection that he will be a second term 44 united states. that call coming upon president obama being projected to win the state of ohio. all of the networks, for what it's worth, president obama. but the romney campaign is refusing to concede in ohio. and they are refusing to concede overall. races nd in virginia. colorado is the most recent state to be called nbc news, been called for president
district 18 in florida. this is also a race where there is no characterization. 50/50 west in florida district oprphy. look how fight that is. not just 50/50 but in terms of that raw vote. we're going to keep an eye on the house races, some of the ballot races and senate races atfold. keep in mind for the o representatives, projected early tonight that the house overall would continue to eans everything in the house in terms of power in the house. the speaker of the house will continue to be...
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florida was the only state where there was a significant increase. just florida. a state the president didn't even have to win in order to win the election. so paul ryan's theory about how and why they lost, the surprise urban turnout might make him feel better about what happened, but it doesn't explain why. okay. now it's time for round two. things people are saying about the election but it makes them feel better to say it any way. round two. mitt romney in 2012 versus john mccain in 2008. among liberals who are happy that mitt romney lost and among conservatives who are trying to say i told you so about the reasons mitt romney lost, there's been a fair amount of bipartisan anti-mitt romney glee over the idea that mr. romney received even fewer votes for president than john mccain did back in 2008. turns out that is not true. it may have looked like that on election night or on the day after the election. but millions of votes aren't counted right after the election. it takes days and even weeks after the election until you get all the vote in. the fact is that
florida was the only state where there was a significant increase. just florida. a state the president didn't even have to win in order to win the election. so paul ryan's theory about how and why they lost, the surprise urban turnout might make him feel better about what happened, but it doesn't explain why. okay. now it's time for round two. things people are saying about the election but it makes them feel better to say it any way. round two. mitt romney in 2012 versus john mccain in 2008....
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however, if he gets enough to get florida, that would give the president enough to get florida and florida is huge. if somehow, it goes towards the way of all, that would change everything for mitt romney worrell,. and if the still four votes short of the 270. and if they still want to pull this out there could be new hampshire, wisconsin, iowa, 273, colorado. and 272. you can see there are a lot of different ways that this can go. it is projected to be a very close election and will be here. >>pam: early ballots were clacast at the registrars and oakland. they look like there were 75 percent of the county's 820,000 registered voters were participating in the 2012 election. some of those voting today tell us that it is the issues that got them to the voting early. >> there are very strong philosophical beliefs. it is beyond our deficit. , that made a huge impact on our vote, women issues, social issues, that determined that. >> there are so many issues that have to be concerned about i am an educator. >> the power of these states is for the country or is it in the living constitution to wh
however, if he gets enough to get florida, that would give the president enough to get florida and florida is huge. if somehow, it goes towards the way of all, that would change everything for mitt romney worrell,. and if the still four votes short of the 270. and if they still want to pull this out there could be new hampshire, wisconsin, iowa, 273, colorado. and 272. you can see there are a lot of different ways that this can go. it is projected to be a very close election and will be here....
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in florida over a third of expected voters have already voted. as you can see early voters 50% voting for president obama. obama, 44% for mitt romney. election day that means mitt romney has to get 53% of the vote in florida if he's going to win. so that is a pretty hefty tag to run up. that's all according to the obama campaign. in iowa over a third of voters have already voted there. and among those early voters, you can see 64% of those are supporting barack obama. 35% of them are supporting mitt romney. and that means that mitt romney is going to need to win 59% of election-day voters. in north carolina, nearly half of all ballots have already been cast. and of those who have already been cast, 58% of those early voters favor the president. 41% of those favor mitt romney. so mitt romney is going to need to win 57% of north carolina on election day. we're seeing that pattern play out in the other swing states, too like nevada, virginia, wisconsin. so the republicans are trying to make up ground. in florida we're seeing this because republican
in florida over a third of expected voters have already voted. as you can see early voters 50% voting for president obama. obama, 44% for mitt romney. election day that means mitt romney has to get 53% of the vote in florida if he's going to win. so that is a pretty hefty tag to run up. that's all according to the obama campaign. in iowa over a third of voters have already voted there. and among those early voters, you can see 64% of those are supporting barack obama. 35% of them are supporting...
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up next florida congressman allen west. the race is heated >>> the rice on to get power restored across the northeast as temperatures dip near freezing. nearly two million homes don't interest electricity. forecasters predicting a nor'easter will slam the region on wednesday. the new jersey governor saying significant progress mass been made toward getting power back on in his state. the feds are looking for apartments and hotels ferriheme who have no place to live. fuel shortages still a problem. gas rationing in new jersey. new york's mayor saying the problems are getting better. he is louisiana advising those riding buses and subways to expect a crowded monday morning commute. i'm marianne rafferty. back to "on the record." for the latest headlines, log on to fox news .com. . >> oo the fight for florida it is a flood fest. tampa bay times bay news 9 leaves president obama 51 percent to 25 percent in florida. the college poll president obama is leading governor romney 49 percent to 47 percent. 8 point difference between t
up next florida congressman allen west. the race is heated >>> the rice on to get power restored across the northeast as temperatures dip near freezing. nearly two million homes don't interest electricity. forecasters predicting a nor'easter will slam the region on wednesday. the new jersey governor saying significant progress mass been made toward getting power back on in his state. the feds are looking for apartments and hotels ferriheme who have no place to live. fuel shortages...
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pinned up against the wall in the state of florida is the fact that people here in florida are concerned about the economy and the fact that florida has an eight point seven percent unemployment rate compared to that seven point nine percent national unemployment rate it's going to get very very hard for president obama to kind of tout his economic recovery efforts here on the other hand he has made big efforts in terms of having lots of boots on the on the ground here when it comes to campaign volunteers over two hundred thousand volunteers on the obama campaign have been a significant difference in these counties that we're talking about that are very problematic miami dade orange county and others that were mentioned earlier they're kind of still experiencing people lining up at the polls these are the these are the counties that are actually turning out to to vote for president obama like i mentioned earlier he has a significant lead but it's still going to be a while before we find out exactly what's what's going to happen here in florida that they could just kind of comes back down
pinned up against the wall in the state of florida is the fact that people here in florida are concerned about the economy and the fact that florida has an eight point seven percent unemployment rate compared to that seven point nine percent national unemployment rate it's going to get very very hard for president obama to kind of tout his economic recovery efforts here on the other hand he has made big efforts in terms of having lots of boots on the on the ground here when it comes to campaign...
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in florida, it's the same deal. if the margin on election night is one half of less percent we'll get a recount in florida, overseen by ken detzner. the other swing state, where there's an automatic recount where the real clear politics shows the difference between the candidates is 0.6%, that state is colorado. the secretary of state is this guy, republican scott gessler. scott gessler made himself famous this year when he tried to stop mailing bat lots to those who normally got them. he tried to kick 4,000 colorado voters off the state voter rolls a few months before election day. he's working on another voter roll purge since then. if there is a recount in colorado, that's the guy in charge. in a way, it is heart warming to see people willing to spend hours upon hours in line in order to vote that. is truly a heartwarming sight and it's heartbreaking because not all people can do that. there are also people who made it through hour one, nad through hour two, maybe made it through hour three but by the time hour f
in florida, it's the same deal. if the margin on election night is one half of less percent we'll get a recount in florida, overseen by ken detzner. the other swing state, where there's an automatic recount where the real clear politics shows the difference between the candidates is 0.6%, that state is colorado. the secretary of state is this guy, republican scott gessler. scott gessler made himself famous this year when he tried to stop mailing bat lots to those who normally got them. he tried...
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all over florida. wonderful everywhere. a senior living in florida. $760 billion from the medicare system. and seniors are recognizing that. recognizing what is going to happen. small businesses are recognizing that. anso e are finally getting the true facts out there about how devastating obamacare is, not only to florida, but to the rest of the country. gerri: and i'm sure you will be back soon to talk with us about obamacare. what is going on there. thank you for coming on tonight. always a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you so much. >> thank you. gerri: with the race to the white house so close, tomorrow may not only be a long night, it could go down in history as one of the closest presidential elections of all time. that list is tonight's top five. number five, 1848, this election marks the first time every state in the union voted for presidents on the same date. zachary taylor won the popular vote by nearly 5%, but only 36 electoral votes. number four, 2004, the winner was not determined until the followind
all over florida. wonderful everywhere. a senior living in florida. $760 billion from the medicare system. and seniors are recognizing that. recognizing what is going to happen. small businesses are recognizing that. anso e are finally getting the true facts out there about how devastating obamacare is, not only to florida, but to the rest of the country. gerri: and i'm sure you will be back soon to talk with us about obamacare. what is going on there. thank you for coming on tonight. always a...
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because florida, you lose florida and everybody including you and scott thought florida was going to go to governor romney. you got rubio on the ticket. florida goes. and then you deintensify instead of 71%, scott, you maybe have 65% or 66%. that could have been enough. >> that could have been enough. bill, i think we are missing one part of this. elections are still about fundamentals, the president's job approval was at 50%. that was his share of the vote. his job approval was at auto% because the economy was a little bit better than the day he was elected. that put him in position to be competitive and that's why the matter. >> shepard: looking at the sheet, he won very very small. >> very small. >> but 50% job approval. 50% of the vote. >> bill: thanks very much. next on the run down, dick morris, under heavy guard, will tell us how he mispredicted the entire thing. later dennis miller and bernie goldberg will analyze the election for us as well. and we're coming right back. personal story segment tonight, perhaps the most disappointed person in the country besides mitt romney is
because florida, you lose florida and everybody including you and scott thought florida was going to go to governor romney. you got rubio on the ticket. florida goes. and then you deintensify instead of 71%, scott, you maybe have 65% or 66%. that could have been enough. >> that could have been enough. bill, i think we are missing one part of this. elections are still about fundamentals, the president's job approval was at 50%. that was his share of the vote. his job approval was at auto%...
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the president is ahead in florida. let's say governor romney comes back and wins florida. it's not enough. it's not enough. now that the president has colorado even if governor romney wins florida and wins virginia and somehow we have to take ohio back which i don't think we're going to have to, i'm very confident in our call, if they're looking at the map saying maybe here, maybe there, even if they get there and there, they can't get there. >> colorado clearly a little exclamation point as you point out. colorado, let's take a look at colorado and see where it stands now in terms of the actual vote for colorado. this is the national vote, the popular vote. 51-47%. >> not to sound like a broken record but to agree with our friends across the room this is a wake up call. this was one of the most reliably red states in presidential politics. bill clinton carried it once but this is a fast changing state. most of the change is here in denver and the denver suburbs. you win by winning where the people are. in denver county 13% of the populati population, not all votes in yet.
the president is ahead in florida. let's say governor romney comes back and wins florida. it's not enough. it's not enough. now that the president has colorado even if governor romney wins florida and wins virginia and somehow we have to take ohio back which i don't think we're going to have to, i'm very confident in our call, if they're looking at the map saying maybe here, maybe there, even if they get there and there, they can't get there. >> colorado clearly a little exclamation point...
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florida. so it could be a big win. and it also could be close. >> check those numbers, what do you make of those states? is that a good list? >> i think the ceiling is somewhere 300, 303 if you want to be exact the numbers i've done. if you throw in north carolina it could be 318 max. that's possible. they could all be 51, 49 at the end of the day. i do want to say i think a lot of us, we're sort of victims of 2004. before 2004 we were all more convinced of the challenger incumbent rule. that somehow challengers always got the undecided and then a tie goes to the challenger. then you're happened when bush won frankly as many of the undecided as he did. then you'd have to go back to '76 the last time the person with momentum lost at the end. lost the popular vote. that was ford. ford had the momentum but carter won in the end. even gore, he had the last-second momentum. he did win the popular vote. having the momentum has it in the end. >> what's it going to mean for obama if obama wins it is t
florida. so it could be a big win. and it also could be close. >> check those numbers, what do you make of those states? is that a good list? >> i think the ceiling is somewhere 300, 303 if you want to be exact the numbers i've done. if you throw in north carolina it could be 318 max. that's possible. they could all be 51, 49 at the end of the day. i do want to say i think a lot of us, we're sort of victims of 2004. before 2004 we were all more convinced of the challenger incumbent...
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>>shepard: what is the word on turn out in florida? >>reporter: we will see bigger crowds in the afternoon and half of the expected vote have voted but the secretary of state says that until we know the numbers the day has progressed very well and positive reports overall from around the state. in miami, certain locations saw long lines throughout the day as was the case in the all-important swing county of orange county around orlando, long lines there. but up to the wire the polls show that florida remains a toss up. >> mitt romney because i believe he is going to take this country forward not president obama. >> i voted for obama. he has done a great job the last fur years with a lot of improvement. >> ready for it to be over. keep our fingers crossed for the right guy. phil: people are so bombarded with campaign television commercials they told me they look forward to seeing new commercials for romney he must win the 29 electoral votes in florida for the path to victory. obama not as important but if he does win it again as in 2008
>>shepard: what is the word on turn out in florida? >>reporter: we will see bigger crowds in the afternoon and half of the expected vote have voted but the secretary of state says that until we know the numbers the day has progressed very well and positive reports overall from around the state. in miami, certain locations saw long lines throughout the day as was the case in the all-important swing county of orange county around orlando, long lines there. but up to the wire the polls...
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notice anything in particular about this rally in florida? we chose this photo more or less at random, but because it's pretty much demographically representative. an interesting and smart experiment was done. they had their reporter who was covering president obama on the campaign trail and the reporter covering mitt romney on the trail switch places and start covering the other campaign to see things through the other end of the telescope. the most pointed difference noted by the reporter traveling with obama and then switched to romney, had to do with the crowds. "the crowd is enthusiastic. much like obama's audiences in recent weeks. but they look different. they are noticeably whiter and older." republicans and more conservative candidates have had an advantage with older voters. john mccain, even as he was getting clobbered, he won among early voters. the point about whiter voters is very important to republicans this year. in the last 20 years, this is the percentage of the electorate voting for president that is white. so you see the
notice anything in particular about this rally in florida? we chose this photo more or less at random, but because it's pretty much demographically representative. an interesting and smart experiment was done. they had their reporter who was covering president obama on the campaign trail and the reporter covering mitt romney on the trail switch places and start covering the other campaign to see things through the other end of the telescope. the most pointed difference noted by the reporter...